A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.

Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they are working, people at work need the TUC to speak up for them now more than ever.

As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.